Tweet Coastal net pens off the coast of Maine. Credit: NOAA. Imagine you could draw a box anywhere in the ocean and instantly decide whether it might be a suitable site for aquaculture. Thanks to a new tool, OceanReports, aquaculture … Continue reading →
Tweet A restored elkhorn coral colony off the coast of Puerto Rico. Hurricane Matthew swept a destructive path through the south Atlantic and Carribean. Immediately, staff from the NOAA Restoration Center set to work responding to a damaged coral reef off the … Continue reading →
Tweet New Upper Esopus Fire Tower Opens in the Catskills The new Upper Esopus Fire Tower at Maurice D. Hinchey Catskills Visitor Center is now complete and open to the public. The fire tower offers a view of the Upper Esopus Valley and allows … Continue reading →
Tweet Visitors to the Great Barrier Reef are learning about the diversity and complexities of the world’s largest coral reef system from a group of qualified storytellers. There are 26 Master Reef Guides working on the Great Barrier Reef … Continue reading →
Tweet The biggest voluntourism project on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba has been given a major boost with news of an initiative to further protect its coral reef. More than 1,000 volunteers – visitors and locals – are … Continue reading →
Tweet Nature fighting back: Maldives reefs showing resilience Biosphere Expeditions, the Marine Conservation Society, Reef Check Maldives and local Maldives environmental group Save the Beach Maldives have just returned from a 250 km expedition around the central Maldives, the ninth annual survey of its kind sine … Continue reading →
Tweet It’s hard to believe that we are just a few weeks away from REEF Fest 2019! Have you made your plans yet? We hope you can join us in sunny Key Largo, Florida, for a fun-filled weekend of diving, snorkeling, … Continue reading →
Tweet CROSSROADS Maldives, the new integrated resort development, will be home to a Maldives Discovery Centre and a Marine Discovery Centre. The Maldives Discovery Centre will be a unique natural and cultural attraction where interactive displays combine a coral reef … Continue reading →
Tweet Join Ned and Anna DeLoach for a Special Book Signing Event at REEF Fest 2019! We are very excited to share that REEF Trustees and renowned ocean storytellers Ned and Anna DeLoach will be introducing the much-awaited 2nd edition of … Continue reading →
Tweet To assist in the regeneration of the Maldives’ coral reefs, The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort has launched its ‘Adopt a Coral’ initiative. Guests will now have the opportunity work with onsite marine biologists and get involved with the resort’s sustainability efforts in regenerating coral fragments. … Continue reading →
Tweet Amy Lee, Trips Program and Communications Manager Have you marked your calendar for REEF Fest? REEF Fest 2019 sponsored by Capital Bank Foundation is coming up on Oct. 17-20 in Key Largo, Florida! This annual four-day celebration includes educational ocean-themed seminars, … Continue reading →
Tweet A Yellow Tang, collected from its non-native waters off Key Largo, Florida, being deposited in to quarantine by staff at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. Lad Akins Home » News » Enews » Making It Count – Sep Alli Candelmo, Ph.D., Invasive … Continue reading →
Tweet Upcoming Fishi By Ellie Place, Conservation Coordinator – Volunteer Fish Survey Project REEF Fishinars are fun, live, interactive webinars, open to anyone who wants to learn about ocean life. We hope you can join one of our upcoming sessions! … Continue reading →
Tweet Building on the success of its existing coral adoption programme, Niyama Private Islands Maldives is proud to announce the launch of an innovative new coral regeneration project, ‘Give a Hand’. Led by resident marine biologist Emeline Bouchet, guests will use … Continue reading →
Tweet Coral Reef CPR’s pioneering Holistic Approach to Reef Protection (HARP) programme, funded by the generosity of Anantara guests, has been fundamental in creating significant improvements to coral health and size in the past three years, with some corals growing … Continue reading →
Tweet KEY LARGO, Florida Keys — Ocean lovers who enjoy diving, snorkeling and kayaking are invited to get out on the water to explore and learn more about Florida Keys coral reefs during the annual REEF Fest scheduled Thursday through Sunday, … Continue reading →
Tweet Did you know that some marine animals, including algae, coral, and even certain sea slug species, are able to convert sunlight into energy through the process of photosynthesis? Solar is the most abundant energy resource on the … Continue reading →
Tweet Join REEF’s upcoming Field Survey Trip that will include diving around both Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, with some of the best diving conditions that the Caribbean has to offer! The Cayman Islands are known for outstanding visibility … Continue reading →
Tweet A Hawaiian collector sea urchin cleaning a coral of invasive algae in Kāne‘ohe Bay. A group of unlikely restoration heroes reached an impressive milestone this summer: the 500,000th sea urchin is now working with its companions, helping struggling corals in … Continue reading →
Tweet FLCoralCrew Planning to participate in spiny lobster season? Join the FLCoralCrew Information: FWC launched the Florida Coral Crew to engage sportsmen and women in the effort to combat Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. Before you go out looking for lobster, you … Continue reading →
